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crl-16644	Roberts, Linds West	Research in the Real World: Improving Adult Learners Web Search and Evaluation Skills through Motivational Design and Problem-Based Learning	2017-05-04	25	.pdf	application/pdf	11239	477	45	How do we increase students’ perception of the relevance and importance of information literacy skills for academic work and life in the real world? Heery noted that nontraditional students “often show an unusual degree of motivation and commitment” in spite of barriers such as time, family or job responsibilities, inadequate academic preparation for college work, and language or cultural barriers.45 The question for information literacy instructors be- comes, “How can we most effectively teach information literacy skills to nontraditional students during one-shot or noncredit library sessions, when the students are pressed for time and vary widely in their backgrounds and interests?” Knowles, Holton, and Swanson recognized the needs of adult learners in their work on andragogy.46 Adult learners want information they can immediately use and ap- ply to help solve problems or	cache/crl-16644.pdf	txt/crl-16644.txt